Forget 2018… Fortnite and graphics card mining ruined it for everyone

Yeah, peace on Earth and goodwill to all men... what a crock. This year has been a bust for PC gaming, there’s no getting around it, and it’s put me in an almost permanent grump. Ho, ho, frickin’ ho. Sure, if you’ve got yourself a little PS4 backup plumbed into your telebox then you’ll likely still be very happy about how 2018 turned out for you, but if you’re a purestrain PC gamer then very little will have made you smile over the last 12 months. Not even the constant churn of ‘Tubers being deservedly raked over the coals for acting inappropriately or doing another racism. I mean, what was your game of the year? For us it’s been all but impossible to look at the triple-A titles released this year and pick one above all else. Okay, for me I’m still loving Battlefield V, but that’s less for the actual game and more about it representing the future of PC graphics. Look at the rays on that, etc. Thankfully there have been a host of quality indie games released this year, playing around with traditional mechanics and subverting expectations. But the big budget titles are all chasing one thing: the Fortnite effect.